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D. LINDSAY.-

.NAP RESTORING MEANS.-

APPLICATION min FEB. 19. 1919.

1,318,778. v Patented Oct. 14,1919.

WITNESS INVENTOR,

Davia, Lindsay er a ATTORNEYS THE COLUMBlA PLANQGRAPH cm, WASHINGTON, n. c.

. ,mivn) LIN'DSAY, orra'rnnsoiv, awni -E e,

nardtnsronnve To all whom it may concern:

Beit jltnown that I, DAvIn LINDSAY, a citizen of theiUnited States, at Peterson, ,in the, "county of jPassalc and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Nap-Repressure of the bristles,

not new to provide for.

' holder.

and arrangedso that eir 1 39 .GIlQl'PQI lOHS respectively; r

Fig. 5 shows'the invention when'employed storing Me" 115," Of which the tollowing specification] y This invention. relates togineans for restoring nap tocloth'and itgcon'si stsin the combination, with a suitable back or holder, ofla sheet-like bristle support and individuallyyieldable bristlesarra ged d p li .7 :m the form-of a'rather thick sheet tof rub trating" said support and an impression able cushion (as a sheet of *elastic rubber) backing saidrsupport and adapted toassuine the the cushionand support 'being'suitably attached. to the back or Preferably thebristles are formed either he used v the form of a belt or the like anda-dapted to be power-driven, as will appean It is yielding in a. nap restoringdevice having bristles.

pressionable cushion back of the bristles and arrange them to be cushioned thereon and yield individually. This isa pvery important feature of my invention, and by experience I have found it'indispensable in order toraise the nap on the cloth so.

that the gloss disappears without damaging the surface or at least givinga too-woolly appearance in contrastwith the portion of the surface not rub-bed; particularly is this true if, asis prefer-able, the free end portions of the bristles are oblique to the plane of the bristle support and the applianceis moved over the cloth in the direction of the arrow in Figure 1. v I

In thedrawing,

Fig. 1 shows in side/elevation, partly in section, a' hand implement embodyingthe invention;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

'Figs. 3 and 4 are enlarged sectional illustrating by contrast the positions bristles in'absence and presence of pressure,

views,

in a power-driven arrangement; and c Fig. .6 1s an elevation of one of the bristles.

7 Referring to Figs. 1 to 4:: a is a suitable back or holder at' leastinterposed tetwe n. the "s 't 'p; b) a in" nd ab j ut r s'of fabric."

But so far as I. am aware it is newto provide an im- 'clined or oblique to advanced over the of the b Application filed February 19 1919. seriarno'. 278,093, v i

of the strap being-secured to the ends of by screws d, which preferably aref-passed Specification of Lettrslatent. -i1 t6 c- ';1215 2191 9, I

and 5 a strap orf'shee t in wh ch are arranged the bristles c, the ends 5 through cap pieces e' fitted over the ends of saidblock or'plate.

' Interposed between the bloclc or pretend v the strap is an impressionablefelastic cushion whose ends are bent up andjare clamped bd,

d. In the present ins tance' thi's cushion is ber f, and; forfa purpose to. be expiaineddt .jhassecuredfto its relatively "outer' facexor man ith Washer- The b tlesr. areait anged i he; l 1 sol lthat theytre individually "yiel'da for example, if the strap 6 is composed of leather, each bristle is capable of sliding therein longitudinally; compare Figs. 3 and 4, from which it will bristles in Fig. 4 appear as having receded in the strap. I he bristles are inverted U-shaped (see Fig. 6).

-vation they have their free end portions plane oblique to that of the parallel to a PM" I ble be apparent that the 'tweentheends of theblockjor plate ando-f the strap' b, being-penetratedby'the screws? preferably; d In side elev.

strap 1). They bear against the aforesaid j cushion, in the actual construction shown against the sheet g.

W hen the'implement is: used it is moved ,over the cloth in the direction of the arrow *in Fig.1. The

pressure applied causes the br stles" to yield," each effecting a localized compression ofjth it-see Fig. 4., The consequence is thatthe nap "can be raised on the cloth Without in juring the cloth or giving its). too-woolly appearance at the particular portion thereof treated; and especially is this the case if the end portions of'the bristles are in- 1. It will be understod' This element maybe omitted,

e cushion which backs,

10c the plane ofthe strap 6" substantially the same as already described; there may be an endless sheet of protecting material 70 between the element h and i, as well, the same serving for the same purpose 5 'asthe sheet 9 A belt is thus formed'by these" several parts, the outer circumference of which is formed by means of rivets Z or the like transverse stripslm are secured tothe inner face of 10 said belt. These vare adapted to engage be- "tween the teeth ,of two sprocket wheels or drums n which hold the belt taut and may be journaled v in any suitable frame (not shown); The belt is intended to beemployed as a part of a power-driven means ithe coaction of the element .in whichone of the sprocket wheelsis in any suitable way kept rotating. So far as K i h, 2' and k is concerned, this form of the device is in every identical to that first described.

way V v V 1 laylng thus fully described my invention,; What claim as newv and desire ,to secure by Letters Patent is p ,t A sheet-like bllStlQ-SUPPOlt and individually,yieldablebristles arranged in and penetrating said support and an, mpressionable cushion backing said support and o be otti'iia forriivelcents @56 1, by atlilr ess'intg the I i Washington, 1). c."

the bristles the bristles, and by and adapted to assume the pressure of the yielding bristles, in combinathe bristles and adapted to assume the p're's sure of the yielding bristles, 'in combination with means tohold the support and cushion, the bristles having their freeen'd portions all parallel tofa planeoblique'to that ofthe support. H i In testimony whereof I affix inysigndture.

' DAVIDLINDSAY;

Commissioner ot Patents, 1 

